Willie Nelson - The Willie Nelson Family - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2021 . The Willie Nelson Family finds Willie joined in his Pedernales Studios by a host of his family members and extended family of long-time band members, performing songs that they have performed for much of their lives. Sister Bobbie, sons Lukas and Micah, and daughters Amy and Paula all contribute plus band members Mickey Raphael, Kevin Smith and Billy and Paul English. Produced by Willie and Steve Chadie and shaped around a setlist of 12 favorite spirit-driven songs from the Nelson Family repertoire, the album draws on deep Americana (including A.P. Carter's InchKeep It On The SunnysideInch and the traditional hymn InchIn The GardenInch) while celebrating classic songwriting from Hank Williams (InchI Saw The LightInch) and Kris Kristofferson (InchWhy MeInch) to George Harrison (InchAll Things Must PassInch) and Willie Nelson (who penned half of the album's compositions). Willie's son Lukas (who fronts his own band, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real) sings lead vocals on two of the album's tracks-InchAll Things Must PassInch and InchKeep It On The SunnysideInch-while sharing lead vocals with Willie on InchI Saw the Light,Inch InchI Thought About You, LordInch and InchWhy Me.Inch These songs represent the final recordings Willie made with his longtime drummer and pal Paul English who was Willie's drummer for over 50 years before he passed away in February 2020. Album Tracks 1. Heaven and Hell 2. Kneel at the Feet of Jesus 3. Laying My Burdens Down 4. Family Bible 5. In the Garden 6. All Things Must Pass 7. I Saw the Light 8. In God's Eyes 9. Keep It on the Sunnyside 10. I Thought About You, Lord 11. Too Sick to Pray 12. Why Me